Ugo Fano
Ugo Fano · Science & Medicine
Physicist; atomic and radiation physics, the Fano resonance
1912, Turin, Italy — 2001, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Italy · United States
Ugo Fano is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; atomic and radiation physics, the Fano resonance
Ugo Fano was an Italian-American physicist, long at the University of Chicago, whose work in atomic, molecular and radiation physics underpins modern spectroscopy; the asymmetric 'Fano resonance' line shape is named for him. Son of the mathematician Gino Fano, he emigrated to the United States after Italy's 1938 racial laws. He was Jewish.
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Physicist; atomic and radiation physics, the Fano resonance
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